Editing (sound)

Sound was a small but important part in editing our film opening. We mostly used natural sounds except for when we had to create the sound of a phone notification. We used the phone notification sound to show two things. One, there is something important happening in the character's life. Important enough that the person gets notifications one after another. Two, People uninvolved in the situation may become curious and disturb someone's right to privacy.

Timing is very important in the scenes with the notifications. This is why we had to include one scene that introduces the idea that something of great importance is happening. Then, we had two more scenes to show the number of notifications the person is receiving and that this noise will attract curiosity. The audio of the notifications had to be spread out well enough that it was clear something was happening while lasting long enough to fill out the whole scene. We could not overdo it with the audio or else it would become redundant.